The Skinner Family {A Halloween mini-session at Villa Norte Park}

Sometimes I find myself unfairly jealous of the majority of the country for getting to enjoy fall. Cool weather, crunchy leaves under your feet and cozy hoodies are some of my favorite things. Unfortunately, San Diego never got the fall memo and we are still in our 'endless summer' with temps well into the 80s and 90s. Sometimes I like to turn my air conditioning down really low, burn a pumpkin scented candle, stick on a hoodie and pretend that it's fall. I'm not actually fooling myself, but it's still a fun experiment. This weekend though I was able to get just a tiny taste of fall when I met up with the Skinner family to take some Halloween inspired photos.

A beautiful mama, loving big brother, energetic little sister and adorable baby brother combined to make this Halloween inspired mini session so much fun! And we can't forget Princess, their oh-so-cute chihuahua who showed up dressed and ready for her close-up.

Thanks for sharing part of your Saturday with me, Skinner family! And thank you for letting me pretend just for a little bit, that fall had arrived to San Diego. 

 

Daddy's Little Princess. {Darth Vader takes his girl to Disneyland.}

This is Eric and Kaia. They love Star Wars, princesses, tea parties and each other.

When everyone in my house was deciding on Halloween costumes they had each picked a Star Wars character. If you know my people this isn't surprising. I love doing special photo shoots of my kids in their costumes because I feel like not only does it allow me to give them special one on one attention but it also frees me up on Halloween. I can fully enjoy trick or treating and being with my kids in the moment - without my camera. 

This year we just happened to be going to Disneyland in October. I quickly realized that I could do a wonderful photo shoot of my husband and daughter dressed up as Darth Vader and his little princess, Leia. My imagination has been going crazy ever since. I asked my almost 3 year old daughter what she thought Princess Leia would want to do with her daddy at Disneyland and she had lots of ideas including riding the tea cups and meeting the Disney Princesses. I used Kaia's ideas, Eric's ideas and my own and we ended up with a super fun photo shoot. I hope you enjoy it! 

And of course, what Leia wants, Leia gets.